I've just recently tried to start playing golf seriously and am having some serious trouble with my grip.
I'm a lefty - and I've been using the interlocking grip, right hand on the top of the club with the pinky of the left hand and the forefinger on the right interlocked.
After hitting the driving range a couple of times a week for the last month or so (no training/instruction at this point) I felt that I could give a course a try.
Enter public course nightmare - even though the holes where straight, they were far too long for me. I was unable to hit my irons at all and had really not practiced with them - the result was several embarrasing grounders and slowdown of the pace for golfers behind me. My tees shots were equally embarrasing - nothing like hitting at the driving range. While this was an emotionally embarrasing round of golf it also provided me with valuable experience so it wasn't a total loss.
After I got home I started to have major pain in the middle and pinky fingers on my left hand. The pain quickly moved to swelling and my icing them to keep the swelling down. I'm thinking that perhaps I was gripping the club too tight and that's why I had the problem with my pinky. Also most of my swings were poor/hitting the turf without hitting the ball and I'm sure that added to the pressure.
Is there any real benefit to using the interlocking grip over the baseball/overlap grip? My uncle showed me the interlocking grip years ago so it feels natural to me but it doesn't feel very good right now! Is this kind of pain normal when using this grip and starting out in golf?
I'm a lefty - and I've been using the interlocking grip, right hand on the top of the club with the pinky of the left hand and the forefinger on the right interlocked.
After hitting the driving range a couple of times a week for the last month or so (no training/instruction at this point) I felt that I could give a course a try.
Enter public course nightmare - even though the holes where straight, they were far too long for me. I was unable to hit my irons at all and had really not practiced with them - the result was several embarrasing grounders and slowdown of the pace for golfers behind me. My tees shots were equally embarrasing - nothing like hitting at the driving range. While this was an emotionally embarrasing round of golf it also provided me with valuable experience so it wasn't a total loss.
After I got home I started to have major pain in the middle and pinky fingers on my left hand. The pain quickly moved to swelling and my icing them to keep the swelling down. I'm thinking that perhaps I was gripping the club too tight and that's why I had the problem with my pinky. Also most of my swings were poor/hitting the turf without hitting the ball and I'm sure that added to the pressure.
Is there any real benefit to using the interlocking grip over the baseball/overlap grip? My uncle showed me the interlocking grip years ago so it feels natural to me but it doesn't feel very good right now! Is this kind of pain normal when using this grip and starting out in golf?